Industrial Robotics Case Studies
Industry : Defense/Military
How Dimic Steel Tech Cut Their Programming Time In Half
POSTED: 07/06/2017
Dimic Steel Tech, a metal fabrication and machining service provider in Upland, California uses OCTOPUZ to program their robot, a KUKA KR 16 for MIG welding, from start to finish.
JST Goes to Great Lengths to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing with Rexroth Automation
POSTED: 03/23/2017
Challenge Create a 138-foot-long wet bench silicon cleaning station utilizing multiple Cartesian robots driven by a combination of linear motion and control technologies Rexroth Solution CKR belt-driven linear modules CKK ball screw linear modules MKR belt-driven linear modules IndraDyn MSK synchronous servo motors IndraDrive C digital intelligent servo drives Rexroth EasyHandling System Results Effective use of overhead Cartesian robots Precision, accuracy and repeatability across the 138-foot length of the cleaning station Robustness and reliability Cleanliness to Class 10 cleanroom standards System ordered as single part number Background Although silicon is the key ingredient for semiconductors used in smartphones and other electronic devices, only a purified form can be used to make semiconductor chips.
5 RTOS Performance Compared on EtherCAT Master – IntervalZero’s RTX/RTX64 Stands Out
POSTED: 03/15/2017
The KINGSTAR Soft Motion platform supports multiple industry-leading EtherCAT Masters to guarantee that devices from different manufacturers can work together seamlessly.
Robotmaster Reduces Outsourcing, Increases Production and Profitability
POSTED: 11/17/2015
Groupe Gravel, a Quebec-based machining and metalwork fabricator is a family business with 40 years experience, offering one stop service for custom production and repair services.
Laser Hybrid Welding with Gantry Robot
POSTED: 02/09/2015
Precision hybrid laser welding is a demanding application with strict requirements for precision and vibration free motion.
Simple Solutions for Multi-carriage Tracks
POSTED: 02/09/2015
Kawasaki Robotics US recently turned to Güdel for a 21-meter-long, three-carriage TrackMotion TMF-4 for material handling in a body shop.
75-ton Turbine Requires Güdel Gantry for Precise Robot Measurement
POSTED: 12/03/2014
The Challenge : Automate inspection of large, complex geometry of a 75-ton turbine Manual inspection of a 75-ton turbine is a time consuming, difficult task that takes teams of workers up to two weeks, requires high levels of precision and is prone to human error.
Robotmaster Software is Used to Create an Automated Way of Producing Orthotics Using Milling Robots
POSTED: 09/23/2014
In 2008, ORTHOPEDIE BONTOUX, a company that has specialised in the manufacture and adaptation of orthopedic and prosthetic apparatus (orthoses and prostheses) since 1982, created its subsidiary OSIC-CARBONE.
Grippers that Hold Up in Extremely Tough Environments
POSTED: 05/10/2013
Bremen Castings, a precision CNC machine shop and foundry located in Bremen, Indiana, has a tough job to do.
Armatec Survivability/Ottobock Healthcare
POSTED: 08/31/2011
Precise, reliable cutting and machining centers; words not often used to describe industrial robot arms.
Surround and Diversion by a Squad of Mobile Robotic Vehicles
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Cooperating squads of robotic vehicles may some day be employed for tasks such as fighting forest fires, cleaning up oil spills, delivering and distributing supplies to remote field operations and conducting a variety of military missions.
Rugged Mobile Robotic Test Bed Platform for Military Surveillance and Reconnaissance Missions
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In response to the Department of Defense's Joint Program Office for Unmanned Ground Vehicles' request to develop a prototype of a mobile robotic test bed platform for military surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Sandia's Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center (ISRC) developed SARGE (the Surveillance And Reconnaissance Ground Equipment robot).
Fuel CellPowered Mobile Robots
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Sandia National Laboratories' Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center (ISRC) has developed the RATLER™ ("Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover") vehicles to fulfill a wide variety of functions.
